Great Southern DX Association General Membership March 15, 2014 The meeting was opened by Terry, AE5RI, at 0804 hours. The location is the Garden Park Hospital located in Gulfport, MS. Terry led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag and the prayer. Charlie, WD5BJT, read the minutes for the February meeting. On a motion to accept the minutes as read by Terry, N5TF, seconded by George, K5JZ. Brief discussion was held. The motion passed. Ray, WQ5L, gave the treasurers report. An email of thanks was received from the VK9MT team for the club’s donation to their operation. On a motion to accept the report by George, seconded by Terry. Brief discussion was held. The report was accepted. Old Business: Terry gave a report on the 2012 CQ WW 160 SSB Contest. Ray provided a numbers run down. The club would like to remind Ed, KA5VFU, to have the parts for the receiving 4-square taken down for shipment to the repair facility. Terry and Mike, WM5DX, talked about the upcoming Polish RTTY contest at the end of April. This event will be partnered with the club’s annual Spring picnic to be held on April 26th. Terry let the club know the particulars of the upcoming Mellish Reef Dxpedition. George gave a rundown of upcoming Dxpeditions. There was general discussion about the poor and unethical operations of a minority causing problems for the deserving majority. The general consensus is these brazen problem makers have no fear from the FCC or the ARRL OO program. George gave a report on the recent purchase of a bucket truck. Terry said the purchase of concrete for the tower bases would cost about $300.00. The concrete would be purchased from Fazzio’s Feed Store on Highway 53. New Business: Terry reported that the hospital group would like to have amateur radio classes and testing. A study would be held to see what interest there would be for this project. Terry presented a certificate of affiliation with the ARRL that Vic, N5YY, gave to him earlier in the month. Ray reminded the group of the upcoming W1AW/5 operation to be hosted by Ed and Betty Jo, KB5CSQ for the voice/cw modes, and Mike to host the RTTY mode. See Ray to schedule a time slot for interested members. Charlie reminded operators to respect published band plans and to avoid DX windows and other agreement frequencies to avoid. Charlie cited several examples of other W1AW/ operations that just took over frequencies that were in use with out asking if the frequency was in use. Terry wanted to know if GSDXA would be co-sponsoring Field Day operations. The club would not be co-sponsoring any further activities with any other clubs that were not affiliated with GSDXA. Jeff, N9OKV, announced he had coax to lend to the effort. Terry wanted to know the status of the DX dinner. Plans were not finalized at this time. Bill, NA5DX, had questions about the W1AW/5 operation. His questions were answered by Ray. Terry asked if the group would like to dispense with the program video for this meeting, all were in agreement. On a motion to adjourn by Terry, seconded by Jeff. Brief discussion was held. The motion passed. Respectfully Submitted, Charlie Otnott WD5BJT Secretary | 
